Taku Surname
Approximately 16,202 people bear this surname
Taku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5,837 | 1:3,558 | 427 |
| India | 5,378 | 1:142,630 | 9,079 |
| Japan | 1,763 | 1:72,515 | 5,070 |
| Indonesia | 592 | 1:223,394 | 20,822 |
| Nigeria | 574 | 1:308,611 | 17,158 |
| Albania | 409 | 1:7,125 | 1,359 |
| South Africa | 342 | 1:158,414 | 17,833 |
| Papua New Guinea | 287 | 1:28,410 | 3,214 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| United States | 145 | 1:2,499,717 | 152,655 |
| Russia | 142 | 1:1,014,951 | 77,987 |
| Thailand | 73 | 1:967,649 | 148,690 |
| Ukraine | 65 | 1:700,349 | 73,397 |
| Moldova | 61 | 1:58,383 | 8,186 |
| Solomon Islands | 58 | 1:10,000 | 1,732 |
| Turkey | 51 | 1:1,525,910 | 59,107 |
| Israel | 26 | 1:329,140 | 27,831 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Ireland | 19 | 1:247,839 | 9,475 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Transnistria | 14 | 1:33,907 | 5,291 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Taku (41,512) may also be a first name.
Taku Demographics
Average Taku Salary in
United States
$43,680 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Taku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taku (Hindi: तकू, Marathi: टाकू, Oriya: ଟାକୁ, Russian: Таку, Tibetan: ཏ་ཀུ་) occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Taku? popularity and diffusion
Taku is the 32,803rd most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 449,793 people. The last name Taku occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Taku reside; 36 percent reside in Central Africa and 36 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 21,570th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 41,512 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 5,837 people, or 1 in 3,558. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 55 percent live, Northwest Region, where 23 percent live and Centre Region, where 7 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 61 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent live and Japan, where 11 percent live.
Taku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Taku surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Muslim (82%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Taku surname are 19.85% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.08% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Taku earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.05% less than the national average, earning R 225,648 per year; in United States they earn 1.23% more than the national average, earning $43,680 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.82% less than the national average, earning $47,288 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taku in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཏ་ཀུ་ | taku | - |
| Taku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟାକୁ | taku | 87.21 |
| ଟକୁ | taku | 8.14 |
| ତାକୁ | taku | 2.33 |
| ତକୁ | taku | 2.33 |
| Taku in the Marathi language | ||
| टाकू | taku | 34.67 |
| टाकु | taku | 20 |
| टकु | taku | 12 |
| तकु | taku | 10.67 |
| टकू | taku | 8 |
| तकू | taku | 5.33 |
| ताकू | taku | 2.67 |
| ताकु | taku | 2.67 |
| ठकू | thaku | 1.33 |
| तखु | takhu | 1.33 |
| Taku in the Hindi language | ||
| तकू | taku | 23.88 |
| टाकू | taku | 20.84 |
| तकु | taku | 18.87 |
| टाकु | taku | 17.55 |
| टकू | taku | 13.72 |
| ताकू | taku | 2.24 |
| टकु | taku | 1.72 |
| ताकु | taku | 1.19 |
| Taku in the Russian language | ||
| Таку | taku | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Taku
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